Ballard Berkeley
Also Known As: Ballard Blascheck
Biography: Ballard Berkeley made his professional stage debut in 1928, and performed for many years in London's West End and in New York theatres. He is best remembered as Major Gowen in the British television series "Fawlty Towers" (1975).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Margate, Kent, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: August 06, 1904
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 16, 1988
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Stage Fright
Overview: A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-23
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The Blue Parrot
Overview: 'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-01
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The Night Caller
Overview: The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-31
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The Murder Game
Overview: A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-12
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The Stolen Airliner
Overview: Three air cadets foil Revolutionaries who are plotting to steal an airliner.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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The Playbirds
Overview: In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-06
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A Matter of Choice
Overview: A philandering woman finds herself in deep trouble when her diabetic lover is accidentally killed by a gang of youths.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Saint in London
Overview: Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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The Men of Sherwood Forest
Overview: Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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The Betrayal
Overview: Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him and his fellow prisoners to the Germans.
Genres: War Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Operation Diplomat
Overview: A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-01
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Dangerous Cargo
Overview: Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an old friend into giving away the location of a shipment of gold bullion so he and his gang can steal it.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-01
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Cone of Silence
Overview: A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-10
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In Which We Serve
Overview: The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-17
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The Gang's All Here
Overview: John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-04
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Further Up the Creek
Overview: The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-28
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Night of the Demon
Overview: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-09
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After the Ball
Overview: The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Genres: Music History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-13
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My Teenage Daughter
Overview: Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-20
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The Flying Squad
Overview: Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-12
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Overview: Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Genres: TV Movie Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-01
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3 Steps to the Gallows
Overview: A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-01
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The Chinese Bungalow
Overview: A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-26
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Jennifer Hale
Overview: Quota quickie with Rene Ray as Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl wanted for questioning in the murder of a theatrical producer. Fleeing to Manchester she becomes a taxi dancer under an assumed name, meets architect Ballard Berkley who falls in love with her.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-06
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Black Eyes
Overview: Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-08
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Overview: The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-10
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Impact
Overview: Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Quiet Weekend
Overview: Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-01
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London Melody
Overview: A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-04
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Overview: While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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East Meets West
Overview: The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-26
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
Overview: The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-25
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They Made Me a Fugitive
Overview: After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-24
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The Long Dark Hall
Overview: A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-06
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The Weak and the Wicked
Overview: Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-02
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The Big Frame
Overview: An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-01
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Overview: American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Chain of Events
Overview: When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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Forbidden Cargo
Overview: Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-04
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The Frightened Man
Overview: Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-01
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The Weekend Murders
Overview: An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are dismayed to find that everything has been left to Barbara, the deceased's favourite daughter. The butler is soon found stabbed to death and Sergeant Thorpe, the local bobby, telephones Scotland Yard for assistance. Inspector Grey arrives and he and Barbara narrowly escape being shot. Cousin Ted and his wife Pauline are both killed. Sergeant Thorpe recalls some photos which Ted asked to have developed...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-15
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Queen of the Blues
Overview: A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-26
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Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Overview: Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-01
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Hostile Witness
Overview: Simon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as the murderer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-01
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The BFG
Overview: Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-25
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Circumstantial Evidence
Overview: Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappears, he attempts to blackmail the couple with a threat of ruining Michael's career. When her husband is murdered, Michael appears to be the only obvious suspect - but will the circumstantial evidence be enough to sentence him to death?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-16
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Delayed Action
Overview: Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-01
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White Ensign
Overview: 'Santa Barbara. British battleship quells rebellion promoted by big business.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-01
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Blackmailed
Overview: A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-30
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The Night Won't Talk
Overview: When a beautiful young artist's model is strangled in her bed, Scotland Yard find themselves with three suspects -- her sinister ex-husband (Elwyn Brook-Jones), a sexually disturbed artist (Ballard Berkeley) and her violent new boyfriend (John Bailey), who is prone to unexplained blackouts.To catch the killer, the police must set a dangerous trap with the aid of a famous sculptress (Hy Hazell).
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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